Sometimes You just gotta Laugh...

I went to an Auction, which is a good place to pick up tools by the way, and ended up with a child's car. Was a bunch of junk included, so I thought what the heck. Gotta be a motor and battery in it. Battery was 6 volt and smaller than a lawn mower battery. It had two motors, which both would fit in the palm of my hand. Good thing I got all of it for only$1. Live and learn I guess. Have a good day scrapping......

One of my uncles used to say "might as well's to laugh, it sure won't do any good to cry" ; )

You should see the motors in an auto adjustable side rear view mirror

i think we've turned into a plastic, throw away society. I've thought a lot recently about the changes that have been taking place in our country over, well, since WWII actually. Everything used to be made with metal, even the toys were all made of metal then, but plastic slowly began to be more prevalent. I pass by several daycare centers going into town, and seeing the playground toys etc always outside are nothing but plastic. Every time I pull into my Mom's drive up there, the kid next door has their big playhouse(all plastic) with all the appliances(all plastic), little play car (all plastic). Driving down the highway yesterday I noticed so many vehicles with broken and cracked fenders etc (all plastic). At the lake I was standing by a little pickup with the right front bumper damaged to where you could see inside it(all plastic, excepting for one small square tube going across to help hold it straight). Last week I scrapped some printers, a 93 IBM (personal or small office size) nearly 20 lb of steel, an 04 personal or home office sized all-in-one, not even a pound of real steel in it

I have one at home ready for a 'remote control' kit...

That can go both ways BR. I once bought some things from an online auction, and thought I had picked it all up, but later while calling to ask about an upcoming lot, the guy at the warehouse(where I'd been many times before) says "you know you've still got these floor sweepers out here don't ya?". I had no clue, but later saw there was something I couldn't quite make out in one of the small thumbnail photos. He kinda laughed and said "these things ain't gonna fit in your little truck". Turned out to be 2 full size walk behind floor buffers, with chargers, weighed over 800 pounds each. I wound up having to rent a truck just to get them home.